Les situations de catastrophes sont de plus en plus fréquentes. Leurs conséquences sur les populations et sur les établissements humains s’aggravent de manière alarmante. La thèse développe une approche novatrice permettant de réexaminer les…
Peu de frontières séparent deux pays aussi inégaux que celle qui sépare la République Dominicaine et Haïti. Les deux Etats partagent le territoire de l'île Hispaniola, mais un profond processus de différenciation, initié dès le partage colonial de…
This thesis examines the urban topography of Berlin’s working-class districts, as seen in the art, architecture and other images produced in the city between 1924 and 1930. During the 1920s, Berlin flourished as centre of modern culture. Yet this…
Dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIème siècle à Lyon comme dans les autres villes du royaume, le voisin devient l'objet d'un débat et son statut est âprement discuté : quelle place faut-il lui accorder dans l'économie des relations quotidiennes ? Comment…
Trends towards ‘informalization’ are looming large in the world today. African cities have long been characterised by the presence of an ‘informal sector’ but are now experiencing new waves of ‘informalization’. Policies of liberalisation and…
Many Germans perceived the Weimar Republic of the 1920s as an "urban republic" dominated by the power and cultural preeminence of the large metropoles, particularly Berlin. German cities had new and important roles after the war, firstly as the…
An increasing number of North American cities are demonstrating vocal resistance to perceived homogenization and corporatization of the urban landscape. In Austin, Texas, a grassroots movement has emerged as a form of resistance to these cultural and…
Turner's (1965,1967,1968) study of Lima's squatter settlements led to the view that uncontrolled settlements of the Third World cities are mainly a manifestation of the desires for housing ownership by people who are well integrated in the city and…
Much attention is paid to the increasing number of people living in cities while a relatively understudied but related phenomenon is silently gaining strength: that of “shrinking cities.” In the context of massive economic restructuring and…
My enquiry starts from a practical perspective: that of the intractable problems of our inner cities; inadequate service delivery, absent infrastructure, poverty, unemployment. Themes unquiet and persistent. I offer a critique of approaches to policy…
